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Libera Me (2000 film)

Libera Me
Libera Me (2000) poster.jpg
Hangul 리베라 메
Revised Romanization Libera mae
Directed by Yang Yun-ho
Produced by Hyun Chung-ryul
Hwang Jeong-wook
Written by Yeo Ji-na
Starring Cha Seung-won
Choi Min-soo
Music by Lee Dong-jun
Cinematography Seo Jeong-min
Edited by Park Soon-deok
Release date
  • November 11, 2000 (2000-11-11)
Running time
107 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Budget US$4 million

Libera Me (Hangul리베라 메; RRLibera mae) is a 2000 South Korean action blockbuster film about a mentally-unbalanced arsonist and the firefighters who struggle to stop him.

Five months after his release from prison after serving a twelve-year sentence, arsonist Yeo Hee-soo terrorizes the city of Seoul with a series of deadly blazes. Yeo rigs each fire so that a second, far more lethal conflagration ignites shortly after the firefighters have arrived, causing further casualties. He then turns his attention to those members of the department he feels are interfering with his "mission", which develops into a game of cat and mouse with veteran fireman Jo Sang-woo.

The film was shot in Busan, with the support of the city and its local fire department. Instead of using miniatures, it was filmed in real buildings throughout Busan using a special synthetic oil that allowed the crew to use actual fire. For a key scene involving a gas station, a life-sized set was constructed and detonated at a cost of US$250,000.

2000 Blue Dragon Film Awards

2001 Baeksang Arts Awards

2001 Chunsa Film Art Awards

2001 Grand Bell Awards


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